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Webster 1913 Edition
Clarify
Clar′i-fy
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Clarified
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Clarifying
.] 1.
To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; – said of liquids, as wine or sirup.
“Boiled and clarified.” Ure.
2.
To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
To
clarify
his reason, and to rectify his will. South.
3.
To glorify.
[Obs.]
Fadir,
clarifie
thi name. Wyclif (John ii. 28).
Clar′i-fy
,Verb.
I.
1.
To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.
2.
To grow clear or bright; to clear up.
Whosoever hath his mind fraught with many thoughts, his wits and understanding do
clarify
and break up in the discoursing with another. Bacon.
Webster 1828 Edition
Clarify
CLARIFY
, v.t.1.
To make clear; to purify from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; applied particularly to liquors; as, to clarify wine, or syrup.2.
To make clear; to brighten or illuminate; applied to the mind or reason.CLARIFY
, v.i.1.
To clear up; to grow clear or bright.His understanding clarifies, in discoursing with another.
2.
To grow or become clear or fine; to become pure, as liquors. Cider clarifies by fermentation.